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John Bonner
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/john-bonner
It is, with much regret that we have learned of the death of John Bonner who held numerous senior roles in the University from the 1960s until his retirement in 1996. Professor Peter Jackson writes: John graduated in economics from the University of Hull in 1954.
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Consuming Authenticities
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/consuming-authenticities
Arts and Humanities Research Council (£54,753) November 2014 – November 2015 Cultural products often depend on ideas about authenticity for commercial success, drawing emotional responses from consumers and evoking a sense of local, ethnic or even national identity.
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Pacific Equatorial Age Transect
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2009-10/pacific-equatorial
Expedition 321: Pacific Equatorial Age Transect/Juan de Fuca 5 May – 5 July 2009 Expedition 321 is grouped into the same science program as 320, and will continue the drilling, coring and logging program.
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University of Leicester cements top 50 position in global sustainability ranking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/impact-rankings
The University of Leicester is ranked 49th out of 1591 universities in the world, among the top 3.08% of institutions, in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.
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Leicester midwifery academic recognised for outstanding contribution to teaching
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/jayne-marshall
A leading midwifery expert from the University of Leicester has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to teaching and inspiring colleagues in Higher Education.
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Health study with 11,000 participants celebrates 10 year anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/exceed
A major health study led by the University of Leicester has recruited a staggering 11,000 patients across the city and county since it began 10 years ago.
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Student team heading to Germany following selection to compete in Audis Autonomous Driving Competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/student-team-heading-to-germany-following-selection-to-compete-in-audi2019s-autonomous-driving-competition
Five Informatics students from our University make up one of only ten teams selected from across Europe to compete in the Audi Autonomous Driving Cup 2018- where the next generation of innovators will demonstrate how they could help to shape the future of autonomous...
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Leicester professors urge NHS to tackle diabetes before its too late
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/leicester-professors-urge-nhs-to-tackle-diabetes-201cbefore-it2019s-too-late201d
Two leading Leicester professors have urged the NHS to take action on the type 2 diabetes “ticking time bomb”.
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Prolonged periods of sedentary time strongly associated with amount of fat around internal organs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/prolonged-periods-of-sedentary-time-strongly-associated-with-amount-of-fat-around-internal-organs
A team of researchers from the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, UK – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, our University and Loughborough University - has found new evidence to suggest that longer periods of sedentary time (defined as any sitting/reclining...
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School of Business researcher mapping creative industries in Vietnam
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/school-of-business-researcher-mapping-creative-industries-in-vietnam
Lecturer in Design and Innovation Management in the School of Business Dr Marta Gasparin is carrying out a body of research and data collection funded by the British Council in Vietnam in order to create the first ever Vietnam creative industries directory.